Today’s post comes from a conference called Verge in Austin, Texas. Pastor Nate Williams and I traveled here to learn more about “missional communities”, or how to live as the church. The teaching has been challenging on some levels, and on other levels affirming to how we are seeking to live out the gospel at [...]
Growing up, my father was not often an expressive man. His love was one of action; faithfully working a job where he was unappreciated, underpaid, under a boss of little integrity, all to provide for his family. It was a given that he would be at every game, every meet. He was not a man [...]
One frustrating thing about fatherhood is not having more time with my daughter. While my wife is my sweetheart, my bride, and my true love, there is a special place in my heart for our little girl. It’s indescribable to those without children, and deeply understood to a parent, so there will be no attempts [...]
Some think of confession as an honorable thing “a well-dressed businessman steps valiantly into the police office, looking manly even as he steps through the miniature swinging gate, and says ‘I confess. I’m the guilty one.’” The police are tempted to break out into applause, as this man clearly is a good and honorable person. [...]
In the youthful days of college I was a hurdler and sprinter. Our high school coach was a distance runner, and although he was a great coach he didn’t have a lot to offer for sprinters. During freshman year of college, the coach at that university knew a good bit about hurdles but was not [...]